368 Pomological Notices ; 



sized and beautiful. Dr. Diel, in his excellent work on 

 Pomology, suggests that the name has been derived from a 

 kind of ^Spanish gold coin, called a real, which resembles 

 it in color. 



Summer Franc Rial Pear. 



Size, medium, two and a quarter inches long, and two 

 and a quarter inches in diameter: Form., obovate, largest 

 about one third from the eye, and tapering each way to- 

 wards the eye and stem : Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish 

 green, becoming of a light yellow when gathered a few 

 days, occasionally with a very pale tinge of red on the 

 sunny side, and the whole surface evenly covered with 

 minute brownish green dots : Stem, short, thick, uneven, 

 greenish, inserted in a shallow cavity : Eye, small, closed, 

 and moderately sunk in a furrowed cavity ; segments of the 

 calyx narrow and very long: Flesh, white, fine, melting 

 and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary and excellent : Core, large : 

 Seeds, large, very dark. Ripe in September. 



We have had fine specimens furnished us by several cul- 

 tivators, some of which were larger than our engraving 

 {Jig. 32,) and others smaller. We have given what we 

 consider a fair sized fruit under good cultivation. We 



